Surya Malla was a king of the

Malla dynasty Malla may refer to: Places ;Bolivia *Malla, Bolivia, a locality * Malla Jawira, a river * Malla Jaqhi, a mountain * Malla Municipality * Malla Qullu, a mountain ;India * Mallapuram, Tamil Nadu *Malla (tribe), an ancient republic, one of the s ...

and the second king of

Kantipur Kantipur (; ) was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy of Nepal, centered in the Kathmandu Valley. The name of the kingdom was derived from a Sanskrit name of its capital city, now known as Kathmandu. List of kings * Ratna Malla (148 ...

. He succeeded his father

Ratna Malla Ratna Malla was a Malla king and the first independent king of Kantipur. He was one of the six sons of Yakshya Malla. Reign On the death of his father in 1482, he and his brothers attempted to rule collegially. However, Ratna Malla decided t ...

and ruled from 1520 to 1530.

Reign

According to the Bhāsāvamsävali and Padmagiri's Vamsävali, he captured

Sankhu Sankhu (Nepal Bhasa: साँखु, alternative name: Sakwa (Nepal Bhasa: /सक्व)) is the ancient Newari town located in the north-eastern corner of Kathmandu Valley, about 17 km from the city center of Kathmandu. Mani-Yogini, on ...

and made it his capital. In 1526,

Mukunda Sen Mukunda Sen (Sometimes known as Mani Mukunda Sen Even Makanda ) was the King of Palpa from 1518 A.D. to 1553 A.D. ( B.S. 1575 to B.S. 1610). In 1524, he invaded Kathmandu Valley The Kathmandu Valley (), also known as the Nepal Valley or ...

of Palpa attacked the entire

Kathmandu valley The Kathmandu Valley (), also known as the Nepal Valley or Nepa Valley (, Newar language, Nepal Bhasa: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑑅 𑐐𑐵𑑅, नेपाः गाः), National Capital Area, is a bowl-shaped valley located in the Himalayas, Hima ...

and at one time had surrounded both

, and Patan. Surya Malla died in 1530 and was succeeded by his son Amara Malla.

References

1530 deaths 16th-century Nepalese people Malla kings of Kantipur Year of birth unknown 16th-century monarchs in Asia {{Nepal-royal-stub